As soon as the words came out, everyone's expressions changed subtly.
Especially Zhou, her face was half dark, and seemed to be mixed with some other complex emotions.
Xia Daohua saw something was wrong and asked, "What's going on?"
Everyone looked at each other, as if they wanted to speak, but were hesitant. In the end, it was Zhou who solved her doubts:
"Your sister-in-law has a miscarriage. She just had a doctor check her out and was told she needs to rest. Your eldest brother and sister have already sent her home.
Anyway, after the Lantern Festival, the new year is over.
Your uncle has to go back to the restaurant to work, and your aunt has to take care of your uncle's family.
Your eldest brother is going back to Songxi Academy, and your eldest sister is not young anymore, so she wants to stay in town to find a husband.
If we leave Yinhua alone to go back to the village with us, your aunt will be afraid that she will miss her parents.
So, your uncle and his family all went home today."
Xia Daohua instantly realized that her talent for "bringing up irrelevant things" had already been maxed out. She chuckled twice:
"Haha, is that so? Then shouldn't we go home?"
Zhou nodded: "Go home!"
The whole family got up in a hurry. Erlang borrowed a light from the owner of the wonton stall, lit a pine torch, held it silently in his hand, and walked in front to light the way for everyone.
In fact, the town is brightly lit, but there is a particularly dark section on the road from the town to Beiguan Village. Although the moonlight is good, having a torch in hand will undoubtedly make people feel more at ease.
Zhou was reluctant to spend money on a taxi, so everyone still had to walk home.
Although they took a break at the wonton stall, Zhou and Old Man Xia were old after all, and they were still very tired after walking home. They didn't say much, and went to bed after a simple wash.
Each family also returned to their own home.
Sun's face was full of excitement, and Wu was also smiling.
Obviously, the two sisters-in-law were very happy that the eldest wife had upset the old couple today.
Jiang undressed Xia Daohua and patiently and meticulously examined her from head to toe, repeatedly asking her if she felt any pain here or there.
Xia Daohua was indeed a little embarrassed.
Although she understood Jiang's concerns and could understand her feelings, she was still very uncomfortable with being touched like this.
Jiang found a bruise on her back and wiped away her tears again with heartache.
Then, Jiang gritted her teeth and took out the small half jar of turbid wine that Xia Youtian treasured so much from the cupboard. She used it as medicinal wine and rubbed Xia Daohua's blood clots.
Xia Youtian's expression was quite conflicted.
He felt sorry for both his child and his wine, so he simply closed his eyes, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
That night, Jiang slept with Xia Daohua in her arms.
Xia Daohua resisted the urge to push her away and waited until Jiang and the others fell asleep before she quietly broke free from her arms.
When he tried to break free, Jiang pulled him back twice in his sleep.
It seems that Jiang was really scared.
Xia Daohua sighed softly and let out a long breath.
Today, she has been enduring.
She particularly dislikes physical contact with people.
An occasional hug, a fleeting one, is no problem for her.
Sometimes, she would take the initiative to hug others.
But she really wasn't used to and didn't like this kind of overly intimate physical contact.
Fortunately, Jiang's stress reaction wasn't particularly severe, and she was basically back to normal the next day. The Xia family also returned to their ordinary daily lives.
Except for the Sun and Wu families, who would occasionally argue or have a fight, everyone lived in harmony.
In order to thank Xia Daohua for saving Liu Lang last time, Cheng always secretly gave her some delicious food.
For example, dried sweet potatoes, fried silkworm pupae, smoked rabbit meat, etc.
Xia Daohua refused several times, but Cheng was too sincere, which made her lose every time.
Time flies by, and before we know it, the days have passed. The ground is still covered with the remnants of winter snow, and the branches of the magnolia trees are already budding.
Xia Daohua also found an opportunity and picked out a few items of property she had obtained from the foreigners and exchanged them for the supermarket.
That fur cape, valued at fifteen thousand, was exchanged for fifteen thousand points. The golden sword was exchanged for eight thousand points. The rather exquisite wine bag was exchanged for one thousand six hundred points.
"Qianchuanzijun" really is a bringer of wealth, hehe.
The purse contained gold, silver, and copper coins, along with a few jade pendants and jade rings. Xia Daohua checked the prices and kept them all. She knew she would need them in the future.
Inside the mysterious oil-paper bag was a large package of documents that looked like some kind of drawings.
Xia Daohua took it to the service counter and estimated the price. She did not choose to exchange it, but stared at the instructions given by the supermarket's exchange platform.
"Defense map"?
Do these words really mean what she understood?
If this is really a defense map, then it should be very important, right?
On the Lantern Festival, the government was "catching thieves". Could it be that the person they were after was the foreigner who collapsed in the alley?
Should this thing be handed over to the government?
But how can I make up a complete story to explain its origin?
On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, news came from my uncle's family that Xia Dalang's wife, Zhu, had given birth to a little girl, nicknamed Ah Liu, whose full name had not yet been decided.
Mrs. Zhou was a little confused: "Why is she giving birth so soon? It seems like she's over a month early!"
The messenger was an old lady from the Fang family, a villager from the same village. Her grandson worked at the same restaurant as Xia Youcai. The two families were quite active in their interactions, so it was very convenient for them to help each other carry messages or bring in clothes.
Old Mrs. Fang curled her lips:
"How could I know so much? They just asked me to pass on a message."
Afterwards, she lowered her voice again, leaned close to Zhou's ear, and whispered:
"Actually, I heard that Jinhua had an argument with her sister-in-law, and when she got angry, she pushed her sister-in-law..."
After seeing off the old lady of the Fang family, Zhou walked around the house several times.
Still worried, she picked out the big red-skinned eggs, filled a basket with them, and took a bag of brown sugar, then happily went to town.
When he was going out, he happened to see Xia Daohua, and on a whim he asked her to go with him.
Apart from Xia Dalang and Zhu, Xia Daohua was the first grandchild of the Xia family to meet A Liu.
A Liu in the cradle had a wrinkled little face and a dark complexion. I wonder if he had jaundice.
However, his hands and feet were very slender and delicate, and each finger was so thin that it seemed as if it would break if touched lightly.
Xia Daohua had never seen such a young child before.
She stared at A Liu with interest for a long time, but A Liu didn't give her aunt any face at all. She kept her eyes tightly closed, sucked her little fists, and slept soundly.
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